Changed Minmatar assault to 5% magazine size per level bonus for projectiles; SMG and combat rifle (SoonGäó).
Inspired a bit by the Amarr assault.

I came for the honeyed lamb... 4<(^.^)>-E

First, the Amarr logi has a sidearm slot- it's meant to be the most combat-ready logi. All logis, especially the Amarr, are meant to have non-trivial offensive capabilities. Logis do support, but that's by no means their only job. I should be able to use the LR just as well as an Amarr Assault because this restriction does not apply to any other weapon. I was certainly not saying that the Amarr Logi is less powerful overall than the Amarr assault.

All that's required to circumvent the initial build up time is a little LR preheating behind cover. Or, to put it a different way, the Amarr assault bonus makes a standard LR in their hands perform better than an ADV LR on any other suit.

For the SCR, it actually is very different than a straight clip size increase. The SCR's burst DPS, both with charge shots and uncharged shots, vastly outstrips any other weapon, including the AR. The balancing factor is the heat generation. While reduced heat generation, like clip size, does simply mean that you can fire for longer at a time, the effect on the SCR is very different than the effect on a SMG/SCP/FP. Waiting for heat to reduce is not at all the same as reloading, as you can charge the SCR during that time, or sprint, or throw grenades.

In comparison to the shield extender bonus or the Gal assault, the issue with the Amarr bonus is its extremely specific nature. Stronger shields or saving some PG/CPU is universally good and can be used in every situation, while heat reduction is either useless or incredibly good depending on your choice of weapon.

In comparison to the shield extender bonus or the Gal assault, the issue with the Amarr bonus is its extremely specific nature. Stronger shields or saving some PG/CPU is universally good and can be used in every situation, while heat reduction is either useless or incredibly good depending on your choice of weapon.

No one is saying logis are suppose to suck at offense, just like no one is saying assaults are suppose to be useless at support, but each specialization has a role they thrive in. So assaults are suppose to be better at offense, and logis are suppose to be better at defense, much like scouts are suppose to be better at steatlth, etc.

The fact that there is no percedent for a weapon being significantly better with one suit does not mean its a bad idea. I don't see a problem with it, and I wish other assault suits did something like that (I would love a projectile magazine size bonus for the Minmatar assault).

The Amarr assault is a very powerful bonus, but the specific nature of it balances it out. Its great at one thing, but gets no advantages at another thing; that's how specialization works. The fact that the bonus is only good for 2 weapons is balance enough.

I'm just starting to skill into Amarr assault on my main (after getting level 4 on an alt for testing), don't ruin it for me .

...is that not the point of a role bonus? To give them a specific role using their native tech? In EVE, almost any combat ship has a 10% to their racial turret damage or fire interval. If you are using a Railgun on a Hurricane, you aren't doing it wrong, but are doing it badly. Same thing here. Put a Laser on the Amarr, and it functions better. Works for me.

I dislike all of the direct bonus to X equipment/weapon it corals people down a path. I personally love the scrambler but hate Amman frames to the point where I pay for mlt gallente ones instead of using my free Ammar ones. And a 25% fitting cost reduction for Logi equipment is massive 15/10% would be more acceptable.

I suppose I wouldn't mind it if other races got similarly restrictive-but-powerful specialization bonuses. That would be a fun mechanics shift.
It just seems odd to me that only the Amarr have this going on right now in Dust, and I think it's damaging to game balance for them to be the only ones with it. For example, I use scrambler rifles extensively on a Minmatar suit, and they're certainly not underpowered- I can get off plenty of shots before overheating (about 1.2k damage worth, in about 2 seconds using uncharged shots. It can be overheated in <1 second easily if you start with a charge shot). I just shudder to think how much better it would be on an Amarr Assault. Since I can overheat a scrambler rifle in less than a second, decreasing heat generation actually is precisely a DPS increase, especially since I don't have perfect accuracy.

It allows you to get out more shots, but it's only important in a situation where overheating or having to pause for heat venting would get you killed. If that fellow vents your skull before you hit 50% heat, having an Amarr suit wouldn't have helped you. If that fellow was taken unawares, but he had a buddy, the Amarr suit may let you have enough heatsink to kill them both.

In my experience playing a glass-cannon SCR, situations where overheating or having to pause for heat venting would get me killed is every situation. Consider the following scenario with a non-Amarr suit: I pop out, shoot a charged shot and immediately follow up with uncharged shots. Generally, I can get charge + 3 shots before a full overheat. The time from the first shot to the overheat is <.5 seconds, easily fast enough that even a Duvolle AR will not have killed me yet, even if they're just as quick as me. It's highly plausible that an armor-tanked GalLogi or a heavy will survive the entire initial burst, necessitating either a weapon switch, cover, or death. The Amarr Assault suit would allow me to squeeze off multiple extra shots in that first second or two, effectively increasing my single-target DPS over that critical 1 to 2 second window of opportunity.

Thats not how percent bonuses work in this game; it's not an additive bonus, but a multiplicative bonus.
A militila/standard 30% injecter with the 50% from the Lv5 Gal Logi bonus will work this way: 30+ù(1+(0.1+ù5)) = 45
Advanced 60% injecter with the 50% from the Lv5 Gal Logi bonus: 60+ù(1+(0.1+ù5)) = 90
Proto 80% injecter with the 50% from the Lv5 Gal Logi bonus: 80+ù(1+(0.1+ù5)) = 120

...

A militila/standard 30% injecter with the 25% from the Lv5 Gal Logi: 30+ù(1+(0.05+ù5)) = 38
Advanced 60% injecter with the 25% from the Lv5 Gal Logi bonus: 60+ù(1+(0.05+ù5)) = 75
Proto 80% injecter with the 25% from the Lv5 Gal Logi bonus: 80+ù(1+(0.05+ù5)) = 100

I posted some thoughs on Tech 1 / Tech 2 bonuses a week or so ago. I put them with some Amarr suits to help illustrate the point.

Assault and Logi:
https://forums.dust514.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=1283162#post1283162

Here they are for Scouts:
https://forums.dust514.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=1285669#post1285669

A few thoughts:

A good Assault bonus could be 5% bonus to RoF per level. This is a DPS increase, but also makes it so that Assaults have to reload more often. I put this on my Tech 2 Assaults (in the above threads) to give them a specialized damage boost but keep them reliant on others to provide nanohives and such (my Tech 2 Assaults don't have equipment).

Also, a shield recharge rate bonus over an extenders bonus for the Caldari is perfect. In EVE the Caldari often passive tank their shields, relying on recharge rate to keep them ahead of the damage (Drake). This would go well here in DUST.

Finally, I hope that we get other suits with differing bonuses within the same "class". So two Caldari "Assault" suits; one that benefits CQC hybrid damage and provides and extender bonus (for brawling) and one that benefits range and provides a recharge bonus (for range). Again, just like ships in EVE. The Caldari have a bunch of Frigates, and they all have different bonuses that make them work better in some situations than others.

I very much like your deep specialization ideas, but this thread is just about the existing ones. I very much like the RoF bonus idea for assaults. Might change it in my thread after thinking about it some more.

Did some changes

Assault bonus: 5% light weapon PG/CPU reduction per lv. Assaults are about offense, weapons should be emphasized.
Caldari bonus: 3% range increase of railgun weapons per lv; good for sniper, rail rifle (SoonGäó), & magsec SMG(SoonGäó).
Gallente bonus: 1% damage per level of plasma weapons; AR, shotgun, plasma cannon.
Minmatar bonus: 5% increase in magazine size per lv for projectile & explosive weapons; SMG, flaylock, MD, & Combat rifle (SoonGäó).

Sentinel bonus: 3% resistance to light weapons per lv; this is to emphasize the defensive nature of sentinels.
Am bonus: 2% per lv armor plate + shield extender bonus. Amarr are about HP, and dual tank in Dust (unlike in EVE).
Cal bonus: 5% shield recharge rate per lv.

I'd probably change the shield recharge rate bonus to shield recharger efficacy and give the bonus to the Minmatar. Minmatar heavy will probably the the squishiest but have a crazy shield regen. Caldari heavy should have the highest shield buffer with a 5% extender bonus.

Again, you should probably try to better generalize logi bonuses for a variety of equipment. The bonuses you have listed would be more fitting for more specialized logistic suit roles in the future.